Louisiana Standards for Fourth Grade Science

LA.ESS-E. Earth and Space Science: The students will develop an understanding of the properties of earth materials, the structure of the Earth system, the Earth's history, and the Earth's place in the universe.

GLE-E-53. Grade Level Expectation: Organisms and Their Environments: Identify the habitat in which selected organisms would most likely live and explain how specific structures help organisms to survive (LS-E-C2)

LA.SE-E. Science and the Environment: In learning environmental science, students will develop an appreciation of the natural environment, learn the importance of environmental quality, and acquire a sense of stewardship. As consumers and citizens, they will be able to recognize how our personal, professional, and political actions affect the natural world.

GLE-E-70. Grade Level Expectation: Design an ecosystem that includes living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) components and illustrates interdependence (SE-E-A1)

SE-E-A5. Understanding that most plant and animal species are threatened or endangered today due to habitat loss or change. (1, 2, 4)

LA.SI-E. Science as Inquiry: The students will do science by engaging in partial and full inquiries that are within their developmental capabilities.

GLE-E-10. Grade Level Expectation: The Abilities to Do Scientific Inquiry: Express data in a variety of ways by constructing illustrations, graphs, charts, tables, concept maps, and oral and written explanations as appropriate (SI-E-A5) (SI-E-B4)

GLE-E-11. Grade Level Expectation: The Abilities to Do Scientific Inquiry: Combine information, data, and knowledge from one or more of the science content areas to reach a conclusion or make a prediction (SI-E-A5)

GLE-E-15. Grade Level Expectation: Understanding Scientific Inquiry: Distinguish between what is known and what is unknown in scientific investigations (SI-E-B1)

GLE-E-17. Grade Level Expectation: Understanding Scientific Inquiry: Recognize that a variety of tools can be used to examine objects at different degrees of magnification (e.g., hand lens, microscope) (SI-E-B3)

GLE-E-5. Grade Level Expectation: The Abilities to Do Scientific Inquiry: Identify variables to ensure that only one experimental variable is tested at a time (SI-E-A2)

GLE-E-6. Grade Level Expectation: The Abilities to Do Scientific Inquiry: Use a variety of methods and materials and multiple trials to investigate ideas (observe, measure, accurately record data) (SI-E-A2)